And Texas Caves In

[DallasSteve]

The last bastion of sanity has jumped on the "stay at home" bandwagon. They just sent me an email that they have closed all state parks to save the 1% who may die from the dreaded super virus. Texas was once a great state.

[bid_time]

6door74 wrote:
...Hopefully those suffering financially can find a way to recover and get back on their feet or just get things back in normal order (myself included). Bankruptcy hasn't stopped others from getting to the top. 😉

That is the most crass statement I have read in the last 10 pages. 10 Million people lost there job in the last 2 Weeks. Let that sink in for a minute.

[Lantley]

ExxWhy wrote:

6door74 wrote:
This cars/road argument...makes no sense really.

Let me try to explain it again. If you ban cars, you will save 40K lives per year at the unknown cost of whatever that would do to the economy.

If we ban leaving our homes, we can save an unknown number of people from Wuhan virus, at the unknown cost to the economy.

They are both choices. Which lives are most important?

only those actually involved in the accident are hurt. Bystanders that witnessed the accident are not impacted.
However you may spread the virus to someone you didn't even know. Someone far from the source may die that had no contact with the original infected person. The infected person may totally survive the accident and have no systems , yet he may spread the virus to lots of unsuspecting people which may have devastating results.

[TomG2]

Two weeks of awful fever followed by drowning in one's own bodily fluids somehow seems harsher than the common cold. I don't care what Rush Limbaugh, MD says. Might want to listen to some actual patients before blowing it off as a hoax meant to embarrass the President.

[rexlion]

My daughter just sent me a really interesting writeup. It says intubation may be the wrong treatment while providing additional whole blood is better, and it explains why the Chloroquine works. Interesting reading. I noticed that someone (they who must not be named?) must have gotten to the article and deleted it, because this link goes to the 'wayback machine' web page archive.
http://web.archive.org/web/20200405061401/https://medium.com/@agaiziunas/covid-19-had-us-all-fooled-...

[free_radical]

Wuhan ends months long lockdown as Covid 19 efectively controled

https://youtu.be/H6dQVyz0syw

[6door74]

ExxWhy wrote:

6door74 wrote:
This cars/road argument...makes no sense really.

Let me try to explain it again. If you ban cars, you will save 40K lives per year at the unknown cost of whatever that would do to the economy.

If we ban leaving our homes, we can save an unknown number of people from Wuhan virus, at the unknown cost to the economy.

They are both choices. Which lives are most important?

"Explaining" it doesn't make any less ridiculous. But who am I? I'll let the professionals answer it...

“First of all, I think that’s a false equivalency to compare traffic accidents with (coronavirus) — that’s totally way out,” said Fauci. “When you have something new and it’s emerging, and you really can’t predict totally the impact it’s going to have, and you take a look at what’s gone on in China and you see what’s going on right now — right now — in Italy, and what’s happening in New York City, I don’t think with any moral conscience you can say, ‘Why don’t we just let it rip and happen and let ‘x’ percent of the people die.' I don’t understand that reasoning at all.”

[ExxWhy]

6door74 wrote:
This cars/road argument...makes no sense really.

Let me try to explain it again. If you ban cars, you will save 40K lives per year at the unknown cost of whatever that would do to the economy.

If we ban leaving our homes, we can save an unknown number of people from Wuhan virus, at the unknown cost to the economy.

They are both choices. Which lives are most important?

[kellem]

Fear still at the forefront.

Is it revelations or .... illiteracy ?

[free_radical]

Protective measures Japanese workers must take against virus

https://youtu.be/YHhAwbwyxtw

So far Japan had 4 thousand cases and only 90 dead,,population 127milion

[free_radical]

ExxWhy wrote:

free radical wrote:



Btw China brought Virus under control in 3 months,mainly bc everyone must wear mask when outside,

I have a fine selection of some beautiful bridges that can be yours for a bargain price. Just send me your bank info, we'll handle the rest from there.

I get my info from folk livin there unlike you Fake News trampanzees

https://youtu.be/RAXcYu6tt6U

[free_radical]

dodge guy wrote:
Can’t wait till this is over so we can see the end result and watch the finger pointing start! I predict the numbers will be a lot lower than what are being reported now. This whole virus has gotten out of hand with how we have been reacting to it. It can be compared to the toilet paper hoarding. One person does it, and it snowballs from there and then it looks real bad when in reality it was never bad to begin with. Just like all the other viruses that have popped up every 4 years for as long as I can remember. And there were some numbers that make this virus look like a common cold!

Cvirus is quite a bit more deadly then comon cold

https://youtu.be/OOJqHPfG7pA

[6door74]

This cars/road argument...makes no sense really. OP, you're retired, you earned it. enjoy it from wherever you are until you can be elsewhere.

All this back and forth.....I'm essential front line personnel. On my days off, I stay at home but get my recreation and essentials in accordance with the governor's order. The same goes for my wife.

If YOU want to make the decisions, run for office. Thankfully some of you haven't, never will, or aren't currently in a position of power. Adjust to the reality of today like the rest of us and be thankful you don't have to expose yourself to the risk.

Hopefully those suffering financially can find a way to recover and get back on their feet or just get things back in normal order (myself included). Bankruptcy hasn't stopped others from getting to the top. 😉

[Etstorm]

time2roll wrote:
How are the gun sales in TX doing? I assume gun stores are still open. 😉

Business is booming, pardon the pun

[ExxWhy]

free radical wrote:



Btw China brought Virus under control in 3 months,mainly bc everyone must wear mask when outside,

I have a fine selection of some beautiful bridges that can be yours for a bargain price. Just send me your bank info, we'll handle the rest from there.

[rexlion]

Yep, I will go out on a limb and forecast less than 60,000 casualties of this virus this season. Which would be like a bad flu season.

Here in Tulsa I've heard some of the hospitals have entire floors not in use, and some nurses and staff are being furloughed because they don't have much to do. Well, they canceled elective surgeries, and less injuries with people staying home. So it's pretty quiet around here.